Unit 2

Daily Life Activities

1

Task 1

Family Roots

Listen to the documentary. Then follow the information you hear as an example to tell your classmates information about someone in your family.

Task 2

Let's pay a little more attention to the pronunciation of WAS and WERE. Listen to the people carefully if you really want to sound a bit more natural when speaking English.

task 3

The simple past Tense

How should we really pronounce WAS and WERE?

task 4

Let's listen and practice :)

task 5

Practice saying the following sentences after the teacher.

Task 6

Pronunciation of Regular Verbs

Watch the following video carefully. Repeat after the instructor the examples she gives you. Try to speak softly :)

Task

Task 7

Let's do some more practice:

task 8

Keep in mind that you have to ask follow-up questions to keep the conversation going.

What did you last thank someone for?
When was the last time you shopped? Where did you shop? What did you shop for?
Did you exercise yesterday? For how long did you exercise?
What interesting topic did you talk about recently?
How many times did you brush your teeth yesterday?
How many times did you shower yesterday?
Did you check your door was locked last night? What else did you check before going to sleep?
At what time did you arrive here?
What was the last present you received?
Can you remember the last song you listened to?

task 9

The following information is valid for all the verbs, EXCEPTING the verb TO BE.

Task 10

Irregular Verbs

Pronunciation Practice

Link to the List of Verbs

Verbs that are pronounced similarly.pdf

task 11

Click on the image on the right. Do this practice again but change the questions to ask for past actions.

task 12

Task 13

Engage in a conversation with your speaking partner. Use the following question as a guideline. Give elaborated answers and ask your classmates follow-up questions to show interest in the conversation and to keep it going.

Tell me about your last vacation. Where did you go? What did you do?
What did you do for you last birthday?
Who was your first crush?
Tell me what you did for the last 24 hours.
When was the last time you were really excited about something?
When were you last really scared? What happened?

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